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Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management
Published in: Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management 1/2021

04-03-2021 | Original Research

Explaining the Voluntary Compliance to COVID-19 Measures: An Extrapolation on the Gender Perspective

Authors: Widya Paramita, Rokhima Rostiani, Sari Winahjoe, Amin Wibowo, Risa Virgosita, Handini Audita

Published in: Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management | Special Issue 1/2021

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Abstract

The discourse of gender amidst the COVID-19 pandemic had been a big fuss. Amongst the discussions is the gender-related responses to COVID-19 that generally assume females to better respond to COVID-19 than males. Despite the converging assumptions, previous studies tend to conceptualize gender as binary biological sex, and consequently, there is little understanding of the gender-COVID-19 measures compliance relationship. By taking gender as a multidimensional perspective, this research aims to examine the relationship between sex, gender psychology, and gender-role with voluntary compliance to COVID-19 measures as well as the moderating role of situational aspects that can activate individuals' responses toward COVID-19. A survey had been conducted in Indonesia, as Indonesia represents a country with relaxed COVID-19 restrictions making voluntary compliance is deemed important. Consistent with our predictions and previous studies, females tend to better comply with COVID-19 when gender is treated as dichotomous sex. However, a closer look at the gender dimensions revealed that gender psychology (feminine vs masculine) and gender-role (traditional vs egalitarian) provide a better explanation of the specific compliance behaviour toward COVID-19 measures. Interestingly, although situational pathogen avoidance (SPA) directly leads to adherence to several compliance behaviours, it does not moderate the four compliance behaviour of COVID-19 measures. Theoretical and practical contributions are further discussed.
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We have run a multilinear regression analysis with interaction using SPSS to test an alternative model which is the effect of SPA as a main variable and gender dimensions as moderating variables (SPA*Sex, SPA*gender role, SPA*gender psychology) and the results were insignificant for all dependent variables except for SPA*sex and washing hands practice (β = 0.353, P < 0.001).
 
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Title
Explaining the Voluntary Compliance to COVID-19 Measures: An Extrapolation on the Gender Perspective
Authors
Widya Paramita
Rokhima Rostiani
Sari Winahjoe
Amin Wibowo
Risa Virgosita
Handini Audita
Publication date
04-03-2021
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management / Issue Special Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0972-2696
Electronic ISSN: 0974-0198
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-021-00261-1

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